It is with deep sadness to announce that Brian Danovich, who was a contestant on the fourth season of WWE’s Tough Enough series, passed away yesterday at the age of 38, with the cause of death at the time still unknown.

Danovich is best known for his time on the series where he tore his pectoral muscle, but continued on through the injury to finish the tryout, which impressed John Laurinaitis, who was WWE’s head of Talent Relations at the time so much, that Laurinaitis offered Danovich a developmental contract.

On behalf of Wrestling-News.Net, we would like to extend our condolences to the Danovich family.